News and Information from Bond Buyer

The University of Michigan's final April consumer sentiment index reading was 84.1, compared to the preliminary April 82.6, and the final March 80.0, according to market sources.

Fitch Ratings downgraded Kauai County, Hawaii's general obligation bonds a notch to AA-minus from AA affecting $188 million in debt on April 24.

Moody's Investors Service said it downgraded to A3 from A1 the city of Bristol, Va.'s underlying rating and to A1 from Aa2 the enhanced rating on $54.9 million in outstanding parity debt.

Moody's Investors Service said it has downgraded to A1 from Aa3 the rating on Newburgh City School District, N.Y.'s $14.9 million in rated debt outstanding.

Moody's Investors Service said it has downgraded to Baa3 from Baa2 Perry County, Ky.'s general obligation bonds.

Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual Durable Goods Feb.: +2.1% March: +2.0% March: +2.6% Durable Goods ex-trans Feb.: +0.1% March: +0.6% March: +2.0% Initial Claims 4/12: 305,000 4/19: 310,000 4/19: 329,000 Cont. Claims 4/5: 2.741M 4/12: 2.740M 4/12: 2.680M

Apr. 25, 2014 Far West: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alaska Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.15 1.17 2.29 3.48 California A1/A/A+ 0.18 1.32 2.63 3.91 Hawaii Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.16 1.27 2.48 3.69 Idaho Aa1/AA+/NR 0.15 1.27 2.49 3.71 Montana Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.17 1.28 2.49 3.7 Nevada Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.2 1.32 2.52 3.78 Oregon Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.15 1.19 2.35 3.6 Washington Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.16 1.25 2.47 3.7 Wyoming NR/AAA/NR 0.15 1.25 2.38 3.58

4/24/2014 4/17/2014 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000) Alaska 0 $0 1 $30,075 -$30,075 California 15 642,830 19 1,313,345 -670,515 Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho 1 3,845 1 3,845 0 Montana 0 0 0 0 0 Nevada 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon 0 0 2 54,670 -54,670 Washington 2 43,500 2 64,675 -21,175 Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0

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The Bond Buyer's muni bond indexes were mostly stable in the week ending April 24, as Treasuries firmed.

Municipal mutual funds reported inflows increased to $244.26 million in the week ended April 23 from $74.03 million of inflows the week before.

Illinois primary paper has had a good run, but 10-year spreads to MMD were wider than in previous bond sales this year and questions remain about the state’s credit.

Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. priced an upsized $1.5 billion catastrophe bond deal to protect itself from hurricane losses on the state's coast.

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Illinois received $2.2 billion of orders from 54 investors on its $750 million general obligation bond sale Thursday as its yield penalty widened just slightly from a sale earlier this month.